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Soil organic matter (OM) is all living or once-living materials in the soil. OM provides a direct source of energy/food for many soil organisms: it is the fuel in the soil food web. Turnover of OM…
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Foliar sprays can be more efficient than feeding crops via the soil: they can be more targeted, cheaper, and less environmentally damaging than soil-mediated crop nutrition.
But this is not always…
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Routine topsoil samples should be taken from all fields for analysis of pH, P, K and Mg every 3-5 years. Accurate information on soil nutrient Indices and soil pH is essential for nutrient management…
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Field drainage is installed to rapidly remove excess soil water to reduce or eliminate waterlogging and return soils to their natural field capacity. Drains can be used to control a water table or to…
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Sulphur is an essential nutrient required for protein formation and a number of enzyme reactions within plant cells which are required for satisfactory crop growth.
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Sheep scab is an infection caused by the mite Psoroptes ovis, which spends its entire lifecycle on the sheep.